sperans
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Present active participle of spērō (“hope”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈspeː.rans/, [ˈs̠peːrä̃ːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈspe.rans/, [ˈspɛːräns]
Participle edit
spērāns (genitive spērantis); third-declension one-termination participle
Declension edit
Third-declension participle.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | spērāns | spērantēs | spērantia | ||
| Genitive | spērantis | spērantium | |||
| Dative | spērantī | spērantibus | |||
| Accusative | spērantem | spērāns | spērantēs spērantīs |
spērantia | |
| Ablative | spērante spērantī1 |
spērantibus | |||
| Vocative | spērāns | spērantēs | spērantia | ||
1When used purely as an adjective.
Descendants edit
- Albanian: shpresë
- Asturian: esperanza
- Catalan: esperança
- Corsican: spiranza, spranza
- English: esperance
- French: espérance
- Friulian: sperance
- Galician: esperança
- Istriot: sparansa
- Italian: speranza, sperante
- Occitan: esperança
- Portuguese: esperança
- Romanian: speranță
- Romansch: speranza, spraunza, speronza, sprànza
- Sardinian: isperànscia, isperàntzia, isperàssia, spiràntzia
- Sicilian: spiranza, spranza
- Spanish: esperanza
- Venetian: speransa